Soccer Football - FIFA Club World Cup - Fluminense Training - Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison, New Jersey, U.S. - July 7, 2025 Fluminense's Thiago Silva and coach Renato Gaucho during training REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Reuters) -Fluminense are relishing their role as the Club World Cup's underdogs ahead of Tuesday's semi-final against Chelsea, with manager Renato Gaucho embracing an "us against the world" mentality that has carried the Brazilian side to an improbable run.
The Rio de Janeiro club arrived in the United States given just a 0.05% chance of winning the title by Opta's supercomputer and were initially tipped to exit in the group stage.
